Klobuchar Promotes Small-business Trade

Small businesses have potential to sell to overseas markets, Sen. Amy Klobuchar says, so she plans a Monday hearing to promote it.

The Minnesota Democrat’s office reports the hearing will focus on how federal agencies can best help small- and medium-sized businesses enter foreign markets and expand their international sales. The hearing is part of her duty as chairwoman of the Senate subcommittee on competitiveness, innovation and export promotion.

The Karlstad, Minn., Mattracks company will be featured at the Eagan meeting. It makes rubber track systems for off-road vehicles and all-terrain vehicles. The northwest Minnesota firm sells in more than 50 countries.

Among those testifying at the hearing, which is 10:30 a.m. at the Skyline International Design Center, are officials from the U.S. Commerce Department, Small Business Administration and Chamber of Commerce.

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Davis has covered Minnesota politics and government for Forum Communications Company/Forum News Service since 2001. He is an Iowa native who was a reporter and editor at newspapers there, leaving the state to edit newspapers in Illinois, Oklahoma and Wyoming before becoming a full-time political reporter in North Dakota. Now, more than 40 newspapers that serve Minnesota print his stories.